MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV),
a global leader in packaging
solutions, today announced that its medication adherence solution Shellpak®
Renewreceived the Best Sustainable Pharmaceutical
Packaging award at the 23rd CPhI Worldwide event in Madrid,
Spain. Modeled after MWV’s original Shellpak design, Shellpak Renew was
adapted based on customer research to deliver key patient improvements:
decreased weight and size, and including an environmentally-friendly,
curbside recyclable outer carton. MWV was one of six finalists that
presented to the judging panel.

“Hundreds of millions of Shellpaks have been distributed, so we
recognize the importance of maximizing effective use of materials and
minimizing waste,” said MWV’s John Grinnell, vice president and managing
director for MWV Healthcare’s Secondary and Adherence Packaging
Division. “Shellpak Renew is a platform for an integrated medication
adherence program designed based on patients’ needs, and includes
features that educate patients about how to take their medications
correctly. With Shellpak Renew, we’re able to provide this platform to
our customers in an environmentally-friendly format.”

Launched in April of this year, Shellpak Renew is part of MWV’s
long-standing commitment to further awareness of and provide solutions
for poor medication adherence. Shellpak Renew contains color-coded spine
labels to help distinguish among drugs, easy-open, child-resistant push
buttons and an integrated calendar that helps patients track medication
usage. Additionally, it provides a 40 percent weight reduction over the
original Shellpak, will save millions of pounds of plastic per year and
has an outer carton made ofNatralock, an
environmentally-friendly paperboard that maximizes the use of recyclable
materials and minimizes waste.

Medication packaging can play a unique and effective role with patients,
reinforcing important information about how to take their medications
correctly on each and every use. Research shows that approximately half
of all patients across the globe do not take their medicines as
prescribed.

This year marks the introduction of the Best Sustainable Packaging award
category by CPhI Pharma Awards. The award recognizes companies that
provide excellence in delivering a specific material, process or piece
of equipment that enables pharmaceutical companies to achieve a more
sustainable package or process.

MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) is a global packaging company
providing innovative solutions to the world’s most admired brands in the
healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, home and garden,
tobacco, and agricultural industries. The company also produces
specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy, and infrastructure
industries and maximizes the value of its land holdings through forestry
operations, property development and land sales. MWV’s network of 125
facilities and 15,000 employees spans North America, South America,
Europe and Asia. The company has been recognized for financial
performance and environmental stewardship with a place on the Dow Jones
Sustainability World Index every year since 2005. Learn more at www.mwv.com.

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